In August last year, the Islamic State seized dozens of Yazidi villages in the area known as Sinjar in northern Iraq. They executed thousands of men and took women and children as slaves and concubines. Now with the help of a union of Kurdish forces the Yazidi people are fighting to take back their land, their families and their heritage.
I have worked as a multimedia journalist in Australia, the Middle East and Asia covering conflict, politics and human rights violations since 2005. My articles, photographs and videos have been published globally, receiving 18 international awards. I reported exclusively on Gaddafi’s capture and death in Libya which sparked a UN inquiry, broke news of the Yazidi crisis in Iraq as Islamic State attacked, killed and kidnapped them and gained wide acclaim for my photography in war-torn Syria.
